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Nottingham Forest legend John Robertson has praised new owner Evangelos Marinakis for "already making his mark" at the City Ground.

After taking over from Fawaz Al Hasawi last month, the Greek has quickly got to work creating a positive impression, winning over fans and former players.

A 10 percent reduction in season ticket prices has seen supporters snap up the offer in huge numbers, with the club having already exceeded last year's total number sold and pass the 15,500 mark.

Meanwhile, both Marinakis and chairman Nicholas Randall have made it clear they want to strengthen the club's links with its glorious past and make ex-pros feel welcome.

Robertson was invited to the stadium last week to present Reds fan Chris May with a signed shirt after he bought the season ticket which took Forest past last year's tally.

And, along with their continued backing of manager Mark Warburton, the European Cup winner feels the new administration have barely put a step wrong so far.

"They have made a great start with season ticket prices and supporting Mark Warburton. They've made a good start, so now we'll just see what happens," said Robertson.

"It's always wait and see. We just hope and pray that things go well for them.

"I don't want to go into the politics of the people before. One thing I always learnt about management with Martin O'Neill (his former Reds team-mate who he was assistant to at Aston Villa) is, if you take a club over, you don't talk about the previous incumbents in the manager's chair.

"I won't talk about the previous people in charge because I didn't really know them very well.

"But what I will say is no-one from the previous ownership asked to meet me or the lads.

"These new owners have only been in a few weeks and they've already made their mark; especially with me, they've made a mark by wanting to include us all."

In the past, Robertson admits players who contributed to the most successful period in the club's history have sometimes felt "neglected".

That now all looks set to change.

In an open letter to fans earlier this month, chairman Randall spoke of establishing a trust fund to support ex-players as well as planning to celebrate the 40 anniversaries of Forest's cup victories in Europe.

The gestures are much appreciated by Robertson.

"That makes me feel great because that's a really nice thought they've had when they came in," he said.

"They (the owners) obviously want to get up the league and get near the Premier League.

"To show supporters what they think of them by reducing season ticket prices is great.

"And it's the same with former players, they've shown they don't want to ignore them. They want to make them pleased to be part of the furniture here.

"I think they've maybe been neglected a bit in the past, the ex-players. Hopefully that will all change.

"We're not asking for 25 tickets to each match, just maybe the odd one, if we can, would be nice.